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NHS to bring two IT systems in-house away from BT

Two NHS IT systems will be moved from BT to be managed in-house by the Health and Social Care Information Centre from February 2015 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

HMRC trials Gov.uk Verify in busiest month of the year

Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs is to trial the government’s Verify identity assurance scheme in its busiest month Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

UK's fastest supercomputer upgrades to 2Pflops and 5PB of tiered storage

The UK's fastest supercomputer upgrades to 4,920 nodes and 2 Petaflops performance with tiered storage including 5PB of direct-attached disk Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Google to buy Softcard in latest round of financial services empire building

Google is in talks to acquire mobile phone payments system Softcard as it increases its financial services capabilities Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Security Think Tank: How to deal with wiper malware

How much should businesses worry about destructive, computer-killing malware, and what steps should they take to mitigate attacks? Continue Reading

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• Tim Holman, 2-sec

FTSE 350 firms still have long way to go on cyber risk

Many FTSE 350 firms still have a long way to go to manage the risks of a cyber attack, a government-backed cyber governance health check has revealed Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Blackburn with Darwen Council renegotiates Capita outsourcing deal

Blackburn with Darwen Council is renegotiating its £200m 15-year outsourcing deal with Capita as it tries to save millions of pounds in its budget Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Barclays creates role to lead transformations

Barclays Bank has appointed a group chief operating officer (COO) to lead it through transformations, including major IT investments Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Quantum key distribution is the future for secure comms

Quantum teleportation is a technology that will ultimately replace encryption as the foundation of communication security Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

Supplier relationship management lessons from the car industry

IT can learn a lot from the car industry, which has transformed supplier relationship management Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Amatis Networks waves goodbye to LUN woes and deploys Tintri hybrid flash

Managed service provider Amatis Networks deploys Tintri hybrid flash to slash latency and cut time-consuming LUN storage management overheads Continue Reading

Barclays bank launches kids' coding site

Barclays bank launches a coding app for children and offers weekly classes to increase its credentials in IT-based service provision Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

NRF 2015: how retailers are using technology to engage with customers

The National Retail Federation (NRF) conference 2015 took place in New York City between 11-14 January and Computer Weekly was on the ground reporting on all the trends from the show Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Tesco embarks on image recognition technology for product placement

Tesco is looking to pilot image recognition software to improve product placement in its stores Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Atom Bank could be first real threat to traditional banks

Digital-only bank could be the first real challenge to high street banks if it turns its low-cost operating advantage into better rates for customers Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

N3 network outage knocks NHS users off internet

An internet gateway fault causes problems for users of the NHS N3 network Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Technology should complement traditional merchandising, says Hershey’s

Retailers adopting innovative technology need to consider how it might affect traditional ways of merchandising at the point of sale Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Levi Strauss & Co thinks mobile first

Levi Strauss & Co, the company known for Levi’s denim jeans, is thinking mobile first as part of its omni-channel retailing strategy Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Obama calls for single US data breach notification law

The US president is calling for a single US data breach notification law as part of proposed legislation to improve data security Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

John Lewis to trial location technology for click and collect

John Lewis plans to trial a micro-location technology to improve its click and collect service Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Attackers bypass conventional security, says FireEye study

Hackers breach most conventional, signature-based security technologies, with 27% involving advanced threats Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Services provider Tech Mahindra adds banking IT expertise to its portfolio

Indian IT services supplier Tech Mahindra adds consultancy skills and gains finance customers after buying banking services firm Sofgen Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Sony Pictures admits it was unprepared for November’s cyber attack

Sony Pictures admits it was not prepared for the nature and extent of the cyber attack that hit the company last November Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

User groups defend licensing, but should Oracle rethink remuneration?

Two Oracle user groups have defended Oracle's licensing policy following open letter by Campaign for Clear Licensing Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How to make applications resilient on AWS

Cloud services are susceptible to network and other outages. There is no silver bullet to boost the resilience of an AWS-hosted application Continue Reading

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• Guido Soeldner

IBM still a bellwether despite industry departure from traditional IT services

Reports that IBM is reducing its offshore workforce are the result of cloud computing, automation and artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Traditional security putting UK businesses at risk, study shows

Traditional approaches to security are exposing UK businesses to heightened risk of attack, a study shows Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Forrester: IT maintenance saps budget as tech spending increases

Technology spending is set to rise modestly, but the majority of IT spending will still go on maintaining existing systems Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Cyber attack now primary weapon for countries, says ViaSat UK

Cyber attacks are becoming the first weapon of choice for countries in conflict, says ViaSat UK Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Sainsbury's Bank IT system problems a warning to new banks

Sainsbury's Bank has experienced IT problems that left customers unable to use their credit cards for a day Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Alibaba bank and WeBank show Google and Facebook the way

Technology can drive traditional banks to reform, says Chinese premier Li Keqiang at the launch of China’s first online-only bank Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Oracle will lose out unless it changes its software licensing

In an open letter, Campaign for Clear Licensing highlights the risk to Oracle’s future earnings due to aggressive licensing Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Online money transfer provider Xoom suffers multimillion-dollar fraud

Digital money transfer provider Xoom has admitted to suffering a $30.8m loss at the hands of fraudsters Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cool and funky bank to launch in UK soon

The UK launch of a web 2.0 and social media-based bank in the UK is imminent as Germany’s Fidor Bank applies for UK licence Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microservices: How to prepare next-generation cloud applications

A microservice architecture promotes developing and deploying applications composed of autonomous, self-contained units Continue Reading

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• Janakiram MSV

Google under fire over Windows zero-day disclosure

Google has come under fire for publishing a proof-of-concept attack exploiting a flaw in Windows 8.1 before Microsoft had released a security update Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Hackers can exploit free mobile apps to steal data, study shows

Hackers can access private data by exploiting vulnerabilities mainly in free mobile apps, according to security researchers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Tablet growth slows as consumers hand down devices

Sales of tablets are expected to slow down during 2015 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Deal between RBS and CA over IT failure will remain secret

The details of the financial settlement between RBS and CA Technologies in relation to a massive IT failure will remain secret Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2014

Computer Weekly looks back at the most significant stories on cyber crime in the past 12 months Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Quiksilver expands e-commerce and sees 65% increase in revenue

Sports brand Quiksilver has seen a 65% increase in revenue after expanding its cloud-based e-commerce platform Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Why are retailers breaking online delivery promises?

The Christmas period has seen a wave of UK retailers’ technology failing to meet the basic needs of customers Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Top 10 CIO interviews of 2014

The top technology chiefs in the UK shared their opinions and experiences of modern IT leadership Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

CIO interview: Mark Maddocks, Cambridge University Press

Technology has prompted unprecedented innovation and transformation in the media sector – Cambridge University Press is no exception Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Price cuts and posturing in the public cloud war

The price battle among commodity cloud players is set to rage on, but how much impact is it really having for enterprise customers? Continue Reading

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• Jim Mortleman

Digital technology to open up core banking market

The challenges of digital banking will open core banking software market to more suppliers as banks attempt to keep up Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Accenture and BT to battle for NHS email contract

The NHS has shortlisted two suppliers for its email system, with BT and Accenture still in the mix Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

MP accuses Post Office of acting "duplicitously" in IT investigation

MPs claim Post Office was being "high handed" towards MPs and running a "flawed, deteriorating" accounting system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

CIO interview: Mercedes AMG Petronas IT director on the need for speed in IT

When Matt Harris became IT director for F1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas in 2009, IT costs needed to be slashed Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Fears over the IT security of new banks are overblown

Challenger banks such as PayPal are perceived to be less secure than traditional banks when protecting personal data. But is this the case? Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cabinet Office begins procurement for next stage of Gov.uk Verify

The Cabinet Office has submitted a tender notice for a £150m three-year framework for the provision of identity assurance services Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Technology needed to help ambulance services cope with increased demand

The future of the ambulance and emergencies services needs more investment in networking Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

US interception in the EU faces new legal challenges

US government orders against Microsoft to hand over email data 'infringes privacy legislation' in other countries Continue Reading

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• Fiona O’Cleirigh

MPs to debate subpostmaster IT injustice claims

Debate about the Post Office scheme to redress grievances of subpostmasters will be held in Westminster Hall Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Lloyd’s Register Foundation grants £10m to Alan Turing Institute

The Lloyd’s Register Foundation has announced £10m in funding over five years to support research by the Alan Turing Institute Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor

MPs give Post Office the cold shoulder

In this week's Computer Weekly we revisit sub-postmaster grievances with the Post Office's IT. Despite years of allegations that the Horizon transaction processing system was at fault for many accounting shortfalls, the Post Office unrelentingly defended it. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

IBM named as supplier for NHS HR replacement system

IBM has been named as the preferred supplier for the new NHS electronic staff record (ESR) project Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Care.data faces more delays over concerns about patients

The NHS’s Care.data scheme may face more delays due to concerns over lack of publicity and clarity of the proposed programme Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

DECC publishes annual report on delayed smart meter scheme

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published its annual report on the roll-out of smart electricity and gas meters Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

IoT will drive a middleware boom

Spending in middleware is expected to exceed $16.3bn, driven by a shift towards agile mobile application integration Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

The state of mobile back end as a service

Common mobile application services are increasingly being hosted on central back-end servers – but what does that mean for the enterprise? Continue Reading

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• Janakiram MSV

CIO interview: Sarah Leslie, CIO, Iglo Foods Group

Sarah Leslie, CIO at Birds Eye manufacturer Iglo Foods Group, is focused on delivering simplified and standardised IT systems Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

JCDecaux partners with Vodafone to build small cell networks

Vodafone joins outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux to deploy small cell technology on billboards to increase network performance Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Hero Group uses vMotion to replace SAN and servers with Nutanix

Baby food, fruit and cereal bar company Hero Group has migrated its Holland operations over to a single virtual platform Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Social media threats to business on the rise, says report

Social media threats to business are increasing, according to the first in-depth analysis covering Fortune 100 companies Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Why MPs lost faith in the Post Office's IT investigation, but vowed to fight on

A group of 140 MPs has removed its backing for a Post Office scheme to redress subpostmasters' grievances over alleged false accounting Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Digital governments meet in London to commit to best practices

Digital governments from across the world are meeting in London today as part of the inaugural D5 summit Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Banks are opening up IT to third parties, as hackathon demonstrates

National Australia Bank (NAB) opened its IT to its internal tech team and independent developers to access innovation Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

MPs blast Post Office over IT system investigation and remove backing

Post Office scheme to redress sub-postmaster grievances over IT system is failing, say MP group supporting alleged victims Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

M&S turns to predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked over Christmas

Marks & Spencer is using predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked with mince pies and turkeys over Christmas. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Barclays expands cheque payment technology

Barclays is expanding a pilot to enable a million customers to pay in cheques online by taking a picture of them Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Hacker group Lizard Squad downs Sony PlayStation Network

Sony remains in the firing line of hackers – who have now brought down its PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Virgin money invests in mobile money firm

Virgin Money has partnered with mobile money provider Monitise to provide customers with mobile banking solutions Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Cyber criminals are targeting smartphone supply chains, warn researchers

A new mobile trojan dubbed “DeathRing” is being pre-loaded onto smartphones somewhere in the supply chain, warn researchers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Sony hack exposes poor security practices

Sony Pictures Entertainment remains tight-lipped about its recent cyber attack, but security lessons can be drawn from what is known Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

UKtech50 2014 - The most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly has announced the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Computer Weekly UKtech50: Rising Stars 2014

Chosen by the Computer Weekly team from people we’ve met over the past 12 months, here are our five rising stars of 2014 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

CIO Interview: Dustan Steer, IT director, Ted Baker

Dustan Steer, IT director for clothes brand Ted Baker, talks about upgrading the company's enterprise resource planning system Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

HP is ‘coming back strong’, says CEO Meg Whitman

At the HP Discover event in Barcelona, CEO Meg Whitman addressed the future for customers following HP's split into two businesses Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Danske Bank latest to take offshore IT in-house

Danske Bank is the latest company to transform its offshore IT strategy by setting up a captive centre in India next year Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Ministry of Defence consolidates with green datacentre

The MoD is aiming to reduce its IT carbon footprint with the construction of a new datacentre to replace the existing host site in Bath Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

ABN Amro re-signs IBM for 10-year, multibillion-euro IT contract

ABN Amro has extended its multibillion-euro outsourcing deal with IBM by another 10 years Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Networking technologies emerging in the enterprise

We look at the latest networking technologies on offer, and those being adopted in the enterprise Continue Reading

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• Steve Broadhead, Broadband Testing

Films leaked online after Sony Pictures hack

High-quality copies of still-to-be-released films have been leaked online a week after Sony Pictures Entertainment was reportedly hacked Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Barclays bank launches mobile video banking

Barclays Bank has launched a 24-hour video banking service that will enable customers to receive face-to-face service from anywhere Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Three pondering bid for O2 or EE, say reports

As BT conducts sales talks with both O2 and EE, reports have emerged the owner of Three is also preparing a bid for one or other of the two networks Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

BSI urges UK businesses to bolster cyber security

UK businesses are at risk of reputational damage due to lack of awareness on how to protect their data assets, BSI research shows Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

How resilient is the public cloud?

The recent downtime that affected some Azure services following an update illustrates the precarious balance CIOs face in the cloud era Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Germany and the UK - Europe’s technology pioneers

Stephen Georgiadis, managing director at investment bank Altium, explores the thriving technology sectors in the UK and Germany Continue Reading

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• Stephen Georgiadis

HP results disappoint ahead of split

HP has announced disappointing fourth-quarter earnings ahead of the company’s planned split aimed at reversing its recent decline Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Pressure on Universal Credit’s digital service mounts as testing begins

Risks remain for Universal Credit as DWP continues its twin-track gradual roll-out of live and digital services Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide features list 2015

The Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide maps the IT buying cycle of our readership onto relevant editorial to help decision-making. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

National Trust for Scotland overcomes legacy network challenge

The National Trust for Scotland has replaced a historical network infrastructure with a core service from Brocade Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Goldman Sachs invests in analytics startup

Investment bank Goldman Sachs has invested in a financial analytics startup as part of a $15m funding round Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cert-UK calls for better cyber threat data-sharing

Cert-UK has called for more UK firms to join the government’s Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Mature Indian offshore IT services firms take larger chunk of market as US giants collapse

Indian IT services firms increased their share of UK private sector IT and BPO contracts from 4% to 25% in a five-year period Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Finance regulators overlook offshoring in RBS IT failure statements

UK financial services regulators made no mention of the role of offshored IT in the problems that led to the ₤56m fine for RBS Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

EDF extends IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini

Utilities company EDF Energy has extended its IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini by another two years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Russian webcam-spying site highlights common security failing

A Russian website collecting images from internet-connected cameras highlights a common security failing, say security professionals Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

HSBC launches Paym for business

HSBC launches Paym capabilities to allow business customers to receive payments using mobile phone numbers Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor